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venti; 20-ounce cup (at Starbucks); twenty

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fifth month of the lunar calendar; satsuki azalea (Rhododendron indicum)

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Anpanman (Japanese anime character)

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satellite

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Riko

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expressive person (e.g. in musical performance)

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(male) nurse

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Gotou

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company outing; company retreat

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wise saying; maxim

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self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency

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open water pipe; conduit

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Yakult (probiotics company)

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routine work; everyday work

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to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!

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kids; children

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prohibited item; banned item

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literary master

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to be

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dot; point; polka dots; pixel

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telephone booth; telephone box

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box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building

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Pandora

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gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables

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searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something

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disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

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unrefined sake

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ditch; drain; gutter; trench

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place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)

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in a big way

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to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

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degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

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(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)

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do ...

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coloured paper; colored paper

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tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume

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capitalism

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somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

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weekly publication

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cake shop; pastry shop

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eight; 8

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alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

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young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival

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we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

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dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk

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to speak ill of; to disparage

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chairman; moderator; toastmaster; master of ceremonies; chairperson; host (of a TV show, etc.)

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what color

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taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

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assistant

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